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... heavy ones ; on the contrary , the greater the weight , the more eagerly do they strain to force it to follow them . The faster they are allowed to go , the harder do they pull , until , if the reins were to break , they would enjoy the ...
... heavy ones ; on the contrary , the greater the weight , the more eagerly do they strain to force it to follow them . The faster they are allowed to go , the harder do they pull , until , if the reins were to break , they would enjoy the ...
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... heavy bludgeon , striking the inside of his knees , he knocked his fore legs from under him , and the instant he fell , belaboured his head and body until the savage proprietor of both became so completely terrified , that he ever ...
... heavy bludgeon , striking the inside of his knees , he knocked his fore legs from under him , and the instant he fell , belaboured his head and body until the savage proprietor of both became so completely terrified , that he ever ...
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... heavy rider in this attitude ( called by Sir Bellingham Graham " a wash- ball seat " ) is very liable to shoot forwards over his head in a parabolic curve , ending in a concussion of his brain or in the dislocation of his neck , -the ...
... heavy rider in this attitude ( called by Sir Bellingham Graham " a wash- ball seat " ) is very liable to shoot forwards over his head in a parabolic curve , ending in a concussion of his brain or in the dislocation of his neck , -the ...
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... heavy , thundering concus- sion against the ground , the meaning of which it is impos- sible to mistake , the partnership should instantaneously be dissolved by the horseman rolling , if possible , out of harm's way . But it ...
... heavy , thundering concus- sion against the ground , the meaning of which it is impos- sible to mistake , the partnership should instantaneously be dissolved by the horseman rolling , if possible , out of harm's way . But it ...
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... heavy weight , from which they are harmlessly extricated the instant the animal rises . Should he happen unfortunately to have the girths between him and the horse , he lies , like Ariel in the cloven pine , " painfully imprisoned ...
... heavy weight , from which they are harmlessly extricated the instant the animal rises . Should he happen unfortunately to have the girths between him and the horse , he lies , like Ariel in the cloven pine , " painfully imprisoned ...
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